Category: Viodi View
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Viodi View – 01/27/17
Even though it hasn’t been a month, International CES 2017 seems like a blip in the rear view mirror of life. Fortunately, this video captures glimpses, along with commentary of some of the more impressive mobility developments and provides a preview of ViodiTV interviews yet to be published. New Mobility Directions & Models at #CES2017…
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Viodi View – 01/11/17
AI meets everything is how one might characterize this year’s International CES 2017. Ironically, it was a meta-CES experience that served as a proof-point that artificial intelligence-powered, natural language interfaces can sometimes do as good, if not better job, than a human. While at CES, this author had to cancel a reservation and, not figuring…
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Viodi View – 12/27/16
Like it has for decades, next week, International CES will ring in 2017 with new gadgets and technologies. In that spirit, this issue features several interviews from CES 2016 with companies with products ranging from non-polluting scooters to smart stuffed animals to low-cost home energy analytics and control. Stay tuned over the next week for a…
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Viodi View – 12/12/16
Carrier Network Virtualization Becoming Real The shift from purpose-built to white-box hardware with network functions enabled by software is building momentum, based on the presentations and demonstrations at the Carrier Network Virtualization conference. Featuring speakers and attendees from carriers and providers, such as AT&T, Google, NTT and Vodafone, this multi-day conference provided an excellent overview of…
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Viodi View – 11/28/16
It could be argued that the Internet and its vast store of knowledge has largely eliminated one of the key benefits of traditional conferences and trade shows. What the Internet still doesn’t provide is the one-on-one contact and the serendipitous discovery found on a crowded exhibit floor. And although it can provide distraction, the Internet doesn’t necessarily…
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Viodi View – 11/05/16
It was easy to be skeptical several years ago when Calix’s Carl Russo announced a strategic shift from being a hardware to a software-centric company. This was at a time when Software Defined Networking was nascent, at best, and it wasn’t obvious how big a role software could play with purpose-built, access equipment. The complementary…